Chapter 3: Answers and Evolution

Whim sat quietly at the table across from her grandmother while Treeko sat on the edge of the table. Her grandmother regarded them quietly as she poured them some hot tea. She set one cup in front of Whim the other in front of Treeko. Her grandmother sipped at her tea and watched them some more. Whim had explained what had happened after the Onix fight and she had yet to say anything.

Treeko felt himself lose his patience and he opened his mouth to speak but Whim put a hand on his arm and when he looked at her, shook her head. Treeko scowled but didn't say anything. Whim picked up her tea and sipped at it. Her grandmother set down her cup.

"Are you sure it was the Dimensional Scream?" She asked quietly.

"Yes, it's been a while but there is no mistaking that feeling or the vision." Whim answered.

"Vision?" Treeko asked looking at Whim. Whim's grandmother looked at her sharply.

"You haven't told him?" She scolded lightly.

"I wanted to explain it somewhere less out-in-the-open." Whim replied. She turned to Treeko. "The Dimensional Scream is an ability that few are born with. When I touch certain things sounds and images from across time come into my mind."

"Amazing! I've never heard of such an ability." Treeko said

"Not surprising." Whim's grandmother said. "It is a talent that few boast about, it can attract the wrong kind of attention."

"What do you mean?" Treeko asked.

"Tell me, what was Whim holding when she had her vision?" Whim's grandmother asked.

"She told you already, the Time Gear." Treeko said, then it clicked. "The Time Gear!" He turned to Whim so fast he nearly fell off the table. "You had a vision about the Time Gear?"

"Yes." Whim confirmed. "That is the Dimensional Scream, visions of places and things connected to the Time Gears."

"What did you see in your vision! Where did this Time Gear come from! I must know!" Treeko cried.

"Why?" Whim and her grandmother asked, watching him carefully.

"Because it's necessary that I know!" Treeko answered.

"Do you intend to seek out all the places the Time Gears once were?" Whim asked.

"What do you intend to do after you've found out?" Whim's grandmother inquired.

"I have something I want to do with them, that's all." Treeko said crossing his arms, determined not to say anymore.

"Do you intend to find a way to the past? To stop this future from ever happening?" Whim's grandmother asked. Treeko turned away, refusing to answer.

"Do you even know how to get to the past? Whom to go to, to get there." Whim asked. Treeko blinked at looked at her.

"No." Treeko said.

"I do." Whim said.

"What? How?" Treeko asked, astonished.

"I looked around with Luxio, when he was alive that is, to see what we could accomplish." Whim answered.

"How'd he die?" Treeko asked bluntly.

"A Sableye attack, about a month ago." Whim answered.

"And you've done nothing? Why?" Treeko asked.

"Because the Dimensional Scream only works when she's with a trusted Pokemon partner." Whim's grandmother answered. At Treeko's puzzled expression she explained further. "You saw what happened when she had the vision, she's defenseless. A Pokemon partner is needed to keep her safe while she has her visions."

"Trusted?" Treeko repeated glancing at Whim.

"I told you I trusted you didn't I?" Whim smiled at his stunned expression.

"So quickly?" Treeko exclaimed.

"Yes." Whim said. "I knew I could trust you right away. Saving me from that Onix helped too." Treeko was quiet for a moment before he asked another question.

"How can the two of you understand me so easily?" Treeko asked.

"I can understand you mostly because of your expressions and gestures, partially because of my age, I've been around Pokemon all my life. It's to be expected that I get a better understanding of Pokemon." Whim's grandmother said. "However my understanding of you and Whim's understanding are two different things."

"What do you mean?" Treeko asked.

"To me, even though I understand the basic concept of what you are saying, it still sounds like you are saying 'treeko treeko treeko'." Whim's grandmother answered.

"However, to me it sounds like you are speaking plain English." Whim added. "It's a side effect from the Dimensional Scream."

"Amazing!" Treeko exclaimed. "Can anyone else do this?"

"Others as old and comfortable with Pokémon as I am, perhaps but otherwise, no." Whim's grandmother said. She turned her attention to Whim. "What did your vision show you?"

"I saw a forest and, oh grandmother!, I saw sunlight! It was so beautiful! The trees were full of leaves, and the wind was blowing! It was so green and alive, and in the back of an alcove I saw the Time Gear. It was glowing as it floated there. I heard a voice say that the Time Gear of Treeshroud wasn't guarded but didn't need to be because no one would ever steal a Time Gear." Whim answered.

"And yet that is what should have been done." Whim's grandmother said.

"Huh?" Whim and Treeko wondered.

"The Time Gears needed to be gathered, they needed to be taken somewhere but I don't know where." Whim's Grandmother said.

"Sound's like we have a lot of research to do." Whim said.

"Indeed you do." Whim's grandmother acknowledged. "You need to find the location of all 5 Time Gears, you need to discover what to do with them when you have them all, and get to the past successfully."

"How will we know where they are grandmother? No one remembers the names of the past! All the forests, caves, and mountains have been renamed!" Whim pointed out. Her grandmother stood up and walked over to an old chest in the corner of the room. She pulled up her necklace, revealing an old brass key on the end of it, and unlocked the chest. She pulled out an old map and a bag. She walked back over to the table and set them down in front of Whim and Treeko.

"I have been holding on to these for years, my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother gave them to me. She told me that her best friend, a Sunflora, had given them to her. Her Sunflora had been in a Pokemon exploration team before meeting up with her." Whim's grandmother explained. She picked up the map. "This is called a Wonder map, it'll show you all the old names of places where the Time Gears are, hopefully." She pointed to the bag. "This Treasure bag will hold a lot more items in it then your backpack Whim so take it with you ok?"

"Alright." Whim agreed. "Do you still have that?"

"Yes I've had it in safe keeping, do you want to use it?" Whim's grandmother asked.

"Yeah, he said it himself after all." Whim said.

"What are you two talking about?" Treeko asked. Whim's grandmother walked over to a stone shelf and pried out a stone and pulled out a small gem. "Is that what I think it is?"

"Yes," Whim's grandmother replied. "It's a Luminous Jewel."

"That's incredibly rare! How did you come across it?" Treeko asked.

"This village has had two of them for years, as for how we came across them, that is a secret. Do you want to use it?" Whim's grandmother asked.

"Yes! With that I can finally evolve into Grovyle! I'll be stronger and it'll increase our chances of success!" Treeko answered. Whim and her grandmother grinned and Whim's grandmother started to hand it over to Treeko before she stopped. "What is it?"

"Will you get off my table? You'll be much bigger as a Grovyle and I don't want you standing on my table, it's not that sturdy." Whim's grandmother said giving him a stern look. Treeko rolled his eyes at her and jumped down from the table. He opened up his hand and she dropped the Luminous Jewel into his hand. As he tightened his fingers around it he began glowing white and shifting shape.

"Oh wow!" Whim murmured as she stood up from her chair.

"It never gets old, watching a Pokemon evolve." Her grandmother smiled as she watched. Treeko grew in size changed in shape then the glow faded and before them stood Grovyle.

"I've evolved!" Grovyle announced.

"Indeed you have!" Whim and her grandmother cheered.

Luminous Jewel - When you play the game you can only evolve using the Luminous Spring which wasn't usable while time was going out of wack, so I figured that Pokemon couldn't evolve in the furture without the power of the Spring so I created the Luminous Jewel, which is created from the remnants of the water from the spring, its just fossilized water basicaly.

Hope you're enjoying my story!